<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Deck of original design German playing cards manufactured in Moravia, circa 1818.</dc:title><dc:creator>Dvorik, Johann, playing card maker</dc:creator><dc:date>[1818?]</dc:date><dc:description>BEIN AUS144: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.</dc:description><dc:description>Title devised by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:description>Suit system: German.</dc:description><dc:description>Type: Original design.</dc:description><dc:description>Composition of deck: 36 [D, K, O, U, 10-6].</dc:description><dc:description>Tax stamp on DH, red: JOHANN / DVORIK / BRUNN / 1818; stamp on DH, red: B / 10-K / Karten / 818.</dc:description><dc:description>Pipcards and Jokers: 10s indicated by "X"; animal vignettes.</dc:description><dc:description>CourtCards: Ks with double suit signs; OH holds walking stick: KB grasps one of the suit signs; UA leans down and points to the suit sign; KL grasps one of the suit signs; OL grasps the suit sign.</dc:description><dc:description>Aces: DH, heraldic device; DB, child sits astride barrell, holds cup and three wursts on stick; DA: IN. BRÜNN; DL depicts naked figure with streaming banner.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>